Meaning not yet researched.
Rob: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 7 in 2025. Its best rank was #334 in 1963.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #334 in 1963; #10,457 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Rob in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#10,457 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1963, at #334.
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Rob: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 7 boys in 2025. Peak: #334 in 1963 · most boys in one year: 555 (1963).
In 2025, 7 US boys were named Rob, making it the 10,457th most common boys’ name of the year, up 1,603 places from #12,060 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 6 boys named Rob in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #334, reached in 1963. That year also had the most boys given the name: 555. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #1,060 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rob in 116 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1884 with 5 babies. In all, 8,775 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 4,159 babies named Rob.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 75 US boys were named Rob; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 11. In 2025 that was about 1 in 244,011 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Robert (4,869,849 babies since 1880), Roberto (113,477 babies since 1880), Bob (93,308 babies since 1880) and Robb (3,194 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Rube and Robbe are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Rube (612), Robbe (29).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 7 | #10,457 |
| 2024 | — | — | 6 | #12,060 |
| 2023 | — | — | 11 | #7,645 |
| 2022 | — | — | 8 | #9,657 |
| 2021 | — | — | 9 | #8,694 |
| 2020 | — | — | 5 | #13,650 |
| 2019 | — | — | 8 | #9,572 |
| 2018 | — | — | 6 | #11,857 |
| 2017 | — | — | 10 | #8,013 |
| 2016 | — | — | 5 | #13,787 |
| 2014 | — | — | 14 | #6,244 |
| 2013 | — | — | 7 | #10,500 |
| 2012 | — | — | 8 | #9,524 |
| 2011 | — | — | 13 | #6,511 |
| 2010 | — | — | 14 | #6,304 |
| 2009 | — | — | 12 | #7,147 |
| 2008 | — | — | 10 | #8,172 |
| 2007 | — | — | 17 | #5,390 |
| 2005 | — | — | 13 | #6,149 |
| 2004 | — | — | 14 | #5,736 |
| 2003 | — | — | 12 | #6,178 |
| 2002 | — | — | 11 | #6,433 |
| 2001 | — | — | 14 | #5,346 |
| 2000 | — | — | 15 | #4,998 |
| 1999 | — | — | 18 | #4,124 |
| 1998 | — | — | 18 | #3,979 |
| 1997 | — | — | 14 | #4,630 |
| 1996 | — | — | 19 | #3,646 |
| 1995 | — | — | 22 | #3,168 |
| 1994 | — | — | 20 | #3,442 |
| 1993 | — | — | 25 | #2,855 |
| 1992 | — | — | 39 | #2,032 |
| 1991 | — | — | 35 | #2,129 |
| 1990 | — | — | 36 | #2,076 |
| 1989 | — | — | 44 | #1,757 |
| 1988 | — | — | 57 | #1,388 |
| 1987 | — | — | 42 | #1,649 |
| 1986 | — | — | 41 | #1,612 |
| 1985 | — | — | 30 | #1,959 |
| 1984 | — | — | 42 | #1,500 |
| 1983 | — | — | 38 | #1,584 |
| 1982 | — | — | 53 | #1,290 |
| 1981 | — | — | 38 | #1,595 |
| 1980 | — | — | 59 | #1,200 |
| 1979 | — | — | 56 | #1,238 |
| 1978 | — | — | 78 | #982 |
| 1977 | — | — | 80 | #961 |
| 1976 | — | — | 70 | #997 |
| 1975 | — | — | 104 | #817 |
| 1974 | — | — | 116 | #754 |
| 1973 | — | — | 127 | #716 |
| 1972 | — | — | 201 | #566 |
| 1971 | — | — | 275 | #484 |
| 1970 | — | — | 334 | #450 |
| 1969 | — | — | 403 | #394 |
| 1968 | — | — | 334 | #420 |
| 1967 | — | — | 275 | #455 |
| 1966 | — | — | 327 | #421 |
| 1965 | — | — | 437 | #370 |
| 1964 | — | — | 546 | #336 |
| 1963 | — | — | 555 | #334 |
| 1962 | — | — | 487 | #361 |
| 1961 | — | — | 442 | #377 |
| 1960 | — | — | 353 | #428 |
| 1959 | — | — | 342 | #432 |
| 1958 | — | — | 316 | #442 |
| 1957 | — | — | 252 | #492 |
| 1956 | — | — | 171 | #582 |
| 1955 | — | — | 129 | #651 |
| 1954 | — | — | 113 | #680 |
| 1953 | — | — | 83 | #784 |
| 1952 | — | — | 58 | #937 |
| 1951 | — | — | 41 | #1,134 |
| 1950 | — | — | 45 | #1,060 |
| 1949 | — | — | 39 | #1,141 |
| 1948 | — | — | 48 | #1,021 |
| 1947 | — | — | 35 | #1,249 |
| 1946 | — | — | 30 | #1,293 |
| 1945 | — | — | 31 | #1,200 |
| 1944 | — | — | 25 | #1,358 |
| 1943 | — | — | 21 | #1,570 |
| 1942 | — | — | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1941 | — | — | 17 | #1,742 |
| 1940 | — | — | 13 | #2,064 |
| 1939 | — | — | 13 | #2,034 |
| 1938 | — | — | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1937 | — | — | 13 | #2,071 |
| 1936 | — | — | 11 | #2,272 |
| 1935 | — | — | 14 | #2,009 |
| 1934 | — | — | 13 | #2,099 |
| 1933 | — | — | 10 | #2,509 |
| 1932 | — | — | 17 | #1,836 |
| 1931 | — | — | 14 | #2,084 |
| 1930 | — | — | 17 | #1,878 |
| 1929 | — | — | 19 | #1,782 |
| 1928 | — | — | 15 | #2,136 |
| 1927 | — | — | 15 | #2,179 |
| 1926 | — | — | 11 | #2,702 |
| 1925 | — | — | 22 | #1,666 |
| 1924 | — | — | 14 | #2,327 |
| 1923 | — | — | 17 | #2,008 |
| 1922 | — | — | 20 | #1,815 |
| 1921 | — | — | 15 | #2,245 |
| 1920 | — | — | 17 | #2,035 |
| 1919 | — | — | 12 | #2,484 |
| 1918 | — | — | 18 | #1,892 |
| 1917 | — | — | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1916 | — | — | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1915 | — | — | 8 | #3,018 |
| 1914 | — | — | 11 | #2,081 |
| 1913 | — | — | 7 | #2,456 |
| 1912 | — | — | 14 | #1,337 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,060 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #977 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #920 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,094 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).